The Butterfly Effect (2004) - Quotes

The End Is Just The Beginning

Taglines: The end is only the beginning. From The Director Of The Rock And The Patriot

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Small Changes, Large Consequences

Taglines: Such minor changes, such huge consequences.

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The Impact of Small Changes

Taglines: Change one thing, change everything.

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Confrontation and Unanswered Questions Between Friends

Evan: [whispers into Kayleigh's ear] I hate you and if you ever come near me again, I'll kill you and your whole damn family.

Evan: [inaudible to Kayleigh] Good bye...

Evan: Where's Kayleigh?

Lenny: Who's Kayleigh?

Evan: [confused] Who's Kayleigh? Who's Kayleigh...?

Lenny: You want me to take you to the doctor?

Evan: No, I think everything's gonna be all right this time.

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Childhood Recklessness and Consequences

Mr. George Miller: Evan! Put that out, or you'll blow off both your hands!

Evan at 7: Been there, done that.

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Struggles with Loss and Emotional Pain

Tommy: You forgot to put the toaster on the ledge.

Evan: Lenny likes Poptarts. You guys are all what matters now.

Tommy: I know it's hard but you can't give up.

Evan: I can't even fucking kill myself.

Tommy: Don't talk like that.

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Unrequited Love and Choices Explored

Evan: So, do you think it might have worked?

Kayleigh: Yeah... But that's not how things wound up... I'm with Lenny, Lenny is your friend... and that's where it ends.

Evan: Well... Would it make a difference if I told you that no one could possibly ever love anyone as much as I love you?

Evan: ...I am not saying that, I am just saying it like if you were a girl, would that be something you would want to hear?

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Sharing a Snack and a Task

Kayleigh: Here, do you want a granola bar?

Evan: Yeah, I gotta fix these things or something.

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Questioning Past Happiness and Current Reality

Evan: I just thought that you should know.

Kayleigh Miller: Know what?

Evan: That you were happy once... with me.

Kayleigh Miller: You know there's one major hole in your story, there is no fucking way on this planet, nor any other I would ever be in some fucking sorority.

Evan: [Whispering] You were happy there...

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Casual Banter Between Friends

Kayleigh: So, how's tricks? Sorry, occupational humor.

Evan: I got it.

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Exploring New Experiences in Relationships

Kayleigh Miller: Where'd you learn those new tricks?

Evan: What? It... it wasn't... weird... was it?

Kayleigh Miller: Yeah, if you call multiple orgasms weird!

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Confronting the Unknown Within

Thumper: Maybe there's a reason you've repressed the day some pervert had you in your tighty-whiteys.

Thumper: Hey Man, I'd think twice about what you're doing. You could wake up a lot more fucked up than you are now.

Evan: More fucked up than I am? You think you know me? I don't even know me!

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A Moment of Reckoning

Evan at 7: What time is it?

Mr. George Miller: It's time for you to do what I tell you to do...

Evan at 7: Wrong answer, fuckbag. This is the very moment of your reckoning. In the next thirty seconds, you're gonna open one of two doors. The first door will forever traumatize your own flesh and blood.

Mr. George Miller: What's happening? How are you doing this?

Evan at 7: It'll change your daughter from a beautiful child into an empty shell. Whose only concept of trust was betrayed by her own sick pedophile father. Ultimately... it'll lead to her suicide. Nice work, Daddy.

Mr. George Miller: Who are you?

Evan at 7: Let's just say you're being closely watched, George. Your other option is...to treat Kayleigh like, say, like a loving father treats his daughter. Sound okay to you, Papa?

Mr. George Miller: Yes.

Evan at 7: Listen close then, fuckbag. You screw this up again, I'll flat-out castrate you. What you need to do is discipline your son Tommy cause the kid is one sadistic pup. One last thing...

Kayleigh at 7: [yelling at her father] Don't ever touch me again!

Mr. George Miller: I won't.

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Despair in the Face of Change

Kayleigh Miller: Nothing ever gets better.

Unrecognized Beauty and Self-Perception

Evan Treborn: [To Kayleigh] You really have no clue how beautiful you are, do you?

Struggling with Self-Identity and Understanding

Evan Treborn: [To Thumper] You think you know me? I don't even know me!

Self-Discovery and Identity Realization

Evan Treborn: [To Lenny while burning his stuff] I know who I am now.

The Desire for Healing and Redemption

Evan Treborn: [Self-Thinking] If I can have the power to make scars appear, can I have the power to heal them? What about Kayleigh's scars?

Charisma and Eyeliner: A Personal Reflection

Evan Treborn: I guess charisma and eyeliner go a long way.

Dreams and Divine Communication in The Butterfly Effect

Evan Treborn: [to Carlos (Prision Friend)] Jesus speaks to me in my dreams.

A Childhood Conversation Recalled

Evan Treborn: [to Kayleigh's Dad] Yeah, you remember me? We had a nice chat once when I was seven...

Fear of Losing Loved Ones

Evan Treborn: [to Kayleigh] I've already lost you once, I'm not gonna lose you again.

Promise of Return

Evan Treborn: [Evan's note to Kayleigh] I'll come back for you.

A Desperate Hope for Redemption and Change

Evan Treborn: If anyone finds this, it means my plan didn't work and I'm already dead. But if I can somehow go back to the beginning of all of this, I might be able to save her.